Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Speedy Ortiz / Weyes Blood The annual River Rocks series of free shows on NYC's Pier 84 kicked off yesterday (7/9) and thanks to the weather, it got off to a rocky start. Rain and lightning... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Little Wings Fresh off his appearance at Alex Bleeker's Grateful Dead tribute show in Chicago, lo-fi folk vet Little Wings (aka Kyle Field) has announced a tour. Many of the dates are with the great Weyes Blood, including the NYC... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Waxahatchee at MHOW in April (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Stiff Little Fingers, The Turbo A.C.'s, Two Man Advantage @ Irving Plaza... more info

Stereogum — Before he was the drummer in Speedy Ortiz, Michael Falcone made dozens of demo tapes on a 4-track, recording alone without a clue that one day he would be a member of one of the biggest young rock bands in the world. That’s a dramatic assumption, b... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Speedy Ortiz at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Speedy Ortiz have been very active tourers lately. They already played NYC once this year, and have a T5 show with Courtney Barnett and Torres coming up on 7/22 (tickets),... more info

Stereogum — Carpark Records is about to celebrate its 16th anniversary with the release of a basketball-themed 12″ picture disc compilation called Sweet Sixteen. The record includes new songs from people like Memory Tapes, Dog Bite, and Montag, as well as lock... more info

Stereogum — In the video for “Raising The Skate,” the great single from their new album Foil Deer, the members of the whipsmart Massachusetts DIY band Speedy Ortiz spend the night in a haunted house, and things don’t go so well for most of them. Like the b... more info

Stereogum — Sadie Dupuis is the latest famous musician to annotate her songs on Genius, joining the likes of Rick Rubin, The-Dream, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath. The Speedy Ortiz leader shared insights about numerous songs, includ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Courtney Barnett, Speedy Ortiz and Torres show at Terminal 5 go on BrooklynVegan presale today at noon. Password = CBBV. If you miss out on getting tickets in the BV presale, you'll have another chance in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Courtney Barnett at SXSW 2015 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) Courtney Barnett's tour in support of her great new album will have her in NYC for three sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom in May, and now... more info